Opinion of the Justices to the Senate
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The following order was passed by the Senate on May 27,1921, and was transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court on June 3, 1921, after the adjournment of the annual session of the General Court on May 28, 1921. Whereas, The Constitution of the Commonwealth provides in Article VII of Section II, Chapter I, that the Senate shall choose its own president, appoint its own officers and determine its own rules of proceedings, and Whereas, Acting in pursuance of said…
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The following order was passed by the Senate on May 27,1921, and was transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court on June 3, 1921, after the adjournment of the annual session of the General Court on May 28, 1921. Whereas, The Constitution of the Commonwealth provides in Article VII of Section II, Chapter I, that the Senate shall choose its own president, appoint its own officers and determine its own rules of proceedings, and Whereas, Acting in pursuance of said provision, the Senate did, on the fifth day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, elect a president and other…
1Opinion of the Court
On January 4, 1922, there was read to the Senate the opinion of the Justices which had been filed with the Clerk of the Senate on October 31, 1921, and which was as follows:
To the Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, having considered the questions in the order of May 27, 1921, copy whereof is hereto annexed, respectfully submit these answers:
The Senate is required by c. 1, § 2, art. 7 of' the Constitution to "choose its own president, appoint its own officers, and determine its own rules of proceedings.” Neither this nor any…
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